Gold, silver, cut and uncut diamonds, quartz.
Originally this ring was placed in the Storeroom No. 2 of the Office of the Cameral/Chamber department /Кладовая № 2 Камерального отделения/.
Originally this ring was placed in the Storeroom No. 2 of the Office of the Cameral/Chamber department /Кладовая № 2 Камерального отделения/.
During preparations for the imperial family's "voyages," whether trips abroad or within Russia, lists of the jewelry items to be taken along were sent to Storeroom No. 2 of the Cameral department. These items were intended as royal gifts to officials, employees, and anyone else who, in one way or another, facilitated the imperial journeys. As a rule, these included countless jewelry "trifles": snuffboxes, pins, watches, "diamond rings with colored stones," and so on... It's not as if the royal family's itinerary was strewn with these items, but each trip was accompanied by at least a hundred such gifts. Under Nicholas I strict regulations were established regarding the use of jewelry from Storeroom No. 2 of the Cameral department. Firstly, only a limited number of individuals - the emperor, empresses, and grand dukes - were authorized to request gifts from Storeroom No. 2 of the Cameral department, but only with the emperor's approval. As a rule, grand dukes were given jewelry if they were traveling abroad on official missions for the emperor. Secondly, gifts were awarded either "according to rank" (position) or "according to merit."